Written in English for the purpose of brushing up my English skills. I'd like to make friends with someone who lives in Estonskaya, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Frivolous comments aren't welcome on this blog.

Jan 08, 2013

Battleships: Prince of Wales and Yamato 8

Why were the Japanese hated like that? What had the Japanese done to foreign people? You wouldn't reach the answer. As much as you learn history, you would become confused to know the justice of Japan. Originally, Japan had made an effort to become the bravest, most moral and most-liked nation in the world since the Meiji Restoration. It was also the intention of every single Japanese. The Imperial Army of Japan strictly kept the Convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land during the war, and they showed high-level restraint on every battlefield. Even the crew of B29 bombers, which indiscriminately bombed Japan, were given instructions to willingly be taken in custody when they crashed, because the Japanese didn't commit violence against them. (Though some of the crew were executed, their military action was a clear violation of the convention and so this execution would be acceptable for anyone. They repeatedly performed indiscriminate massacres prohibited by international laws and the execution was thought to be commonsense.) By the way, around the end of the war, the U.S. became far crueller and repeated barbarous actions. Why? I'll mention my private opinion. The U.S. President at that time was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR, who was well-known as a typical racist today. He apparently wanted to extirpate the Japanese people from this world. His words are being revealed bit by bit these days after a span of 60 years. FDR needed an excuse for waging war against Japan and hatched a plot forcing Japan to attack the U.S. first, and finally Japan was trapped by his plot. FDR continued the anti-Japan campaign or propaganda inducing Americans to hate the Japanese. FDR was really "mad" in the words of Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. President. Additionally there was another person who fomented anti-Japan feeling in American society. It was Yi Syngman, who was also a madman. However, his appeal was very helpful for FDR who had to collect young men as soldiers. They were brainwashed that the Japanese people were the cruellest tribe in the world. Such propaganda would lead normal American young men to the massacres of the Japanese. Before World War Two, colored people was regarded as MONKEYS. Japan's delegates insisted that racial discrimination should be thrown away in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, but the proposition was rejected. "Equality" or "Democracy" was only for the white folks. However, the Japanese were exceptionally recognized as human on behalf of the continuous effort to catch up with the superpowers since the Meiji Restoration. In such circumstances, FDR had to collect and send his young men to the battlefield. Yi Syngman's anti-Japan propaganda which distorted and put down Japan must have been really convenient to FDR.Link to Next